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COPYRIGHT/2 CONTENTS/3 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE INTRODUCTION
Overview . 29 35 36 36 39 40 41 41 52 53 53 54 54 55 57 57 59 60 60
ANALYSIS & REPORTS
Overview . 69 70 70 71 72 72 73 74 74 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 77 77 78 78 79 79
TROUBLESHOOTING
Common errors . [. . . ] A historical report is to provide analysis for accumulated data and a proactive report is to provide forecasting based on the collected data. You can better understand your printing environment using these various reports. Please see Settings menu > Settings > SyncThru Management > Database > Report Data Management. For example, if you configure Report Retention Times to Year, SyncThruTM Admin 5 will clean the report data every year. If you want to remove the report data with a specific date, you can use the Clean report data before specified date option.
Analysis & Report categories
The following table describes what kinds of analyses & reports SyncThruTM Admin 5 provides. TYPE Usage Historical Peak Usage Total Usage Detailed Usage DESCRIPTION Shows hourly distribution of printed pages based on total count information. You can see "Units" in Report Settings or Analysis Settings. Usage data collection works like this: Devices send impression count to SyncThruTM Admin 5 and impression based report includes exact count. If you select "Sheets" based report, SyncThruTM Admin 5 calculates sheet count using impression count collected from devices. Current Total Usage Detailed Usage Shows the current state of device usage count. You can see "Units" in Report Settings or Analysis Settings. With Reports menu, you can: · see all the history for reports you created (See "Scheduling report generation" on page 64). · generate various reports based on your configuration (See "Generating reports" on page 64). · schedule reports (See "Scheduling report generation" on page 64). · email reports (See "Sending reports via email" on page 64).
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Report settings
Generating reports
1. From SyncThruTM Admin 5, click Analysis & Reports menu > Reports > Report Settings. You can see the Device List and Report Settings panels for advanced reporting. Select the group and the devices for which you want to get the report. Type in the Report Name and configure other settings: · Report Name: Type in the name for the report you are generating. · Period: Select the time period for which data to use when generating the report. For example, if you select Last week and start to generate report, SyncThruTM Admin 5 uses data collected last week. Available options are, This week, This month, This year, Last week, Last month, Last year and Custom (you can set the period). [. . . ] Its use for retrieving inter-linked text documents (hypertext) led to the establishment of the World Wide Web.
HTTPS
Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer or https is a URI scheme used to indicate a secure communication such as payment transactions and corporate information systems.
IP
Internet Protocol (IP) address is a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard.
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is an Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched internet works. IPv4 is currently[update] the dominant Internet Protocol version, and was the first to receive widespread use. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has designated IPv6 as the successor to version 4 for general use on the Internet.
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IPP
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) defines a standard protocol for printing as well as managing print jobs, media size, resolution, and so forth. IPP can be used locally or over the Internet to hundreds of printers, and also supports access control, authentication, and encryption, making it a much more capable and secure printing solution than older ones.
LDAP
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a networking protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP.
LPD
Line Printer Daemon protocol/Line Printer Remote protocol (or LPD, LPR) also known as the Berkeley printing system, is a set of programs that provide printer spooling and network print server functionality for Unix-like systems.
MAC
Media Access Control (MAC) data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Medium Access Control, is a sublayer of the Data Link Layer specified in the seven-layer OSI model (layer 2).
mDNS
Multicast DNS (mDNS) is a protocol that is used by Apple Inc. [. . . ]